The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-02-24

Kingdom. 1t is not drop on your hand ar
cheek that leaves you in doubt whether it
rains or not, but the rush of an unmistaka-
BILE shower.
There are all ages in this flock. Some of
them are young, and the very first use
they make of their wings is to fly into the
Kingdom. Some of them are old, and
their wings have been torn with shot and
ruff1ed with the tempest, and they had al
most dresped into the sea. Some OF them
have been making very crooked course;
they dipped their wings in fountains of
sin; they wandered near the gulf of perdi-
ton, but they saw their danger - they
changed their course. They have come at
last ''as doves to their windows
thank God that have lived to see this
day; to my dying hour shall not cease to
praise Him for this manifestation of His
grace Praise to Him, sun and moon and
starsl Praise Him, Church militant on
earth! Praise Him, church triumphant in
Heaven! Let the church beneath raise up
its right hand of graduation, and the
church above reach down Its right hand of
joy, and while the two are clasped, let the
elders of the church put to our lips the
wine OF earthly celebration, and the cup
bearers of Heaven bring up out of the
vaults of eternity the oldest wine, pre-
pared by Him who trod tho wne-p press
alone, and SO let two worlds at once keep
jubilee!
Who are these who come to us to-day!
Many are young Until Robert Raikes
came there was no organized effort for
saving the young We spent all our strength
trying to bend old trees, when little
pressure would have been sufficient for tho
sapling. We let men go down to the very
bottom of sin before we try to lift them up.
1t is great deal easier to keep train ON
the track than to get it on when it is off.
The experienced reins man checks the fiery
steed at the first jump, for when he gets
full swing, the swift hoofs clicking fire
from the pavement and the bit between his
teeth, his momentum is irresistible 1t is
said that the young must be allowed to SOW
their vivid oats.'' l have noticed that
those who sow their wild oats seldom try
to raise any other crop.
went through the heaviest snow-storm
have ever known to see dying girl Her
cheek on the pillow was as white as the
snow on the easement. Her large round
eye had not lost any of its luster Loved
ones stood all around the bed trying to
hold her back. Her mother could not give
her up; her father could not give her up,
and one nearer to her than either father or
mother was frantic with grief l said:
Fanny, how do you feela' "Oh,n she
says, "happy, happy, Mr.. Talmage Tell
all the young folks that religion will make
them happy"
As I came out of the room, louder
than all the sobs and wailings of grief, l
heard the sweet clear voice of the dying
girl: "Good night; we shall meet again
on the other side of the river.n The next
Sabbath we buried her. We brought white
flowers and laid them ON the coffin. There
was in all that crowded church but one
really happy and delighted face, and that
was the face of Fanny. o, 1 wish that to-
day my Lord Jesus would go through this
audience and take all these flowers of youth
and garland them on His brow.
But while great flock this day comes to
the dove-cote of mercy, the largest flock is
going the other way. 1t is very easy
thing to tame doves. Go out with hand
full of corn to feed pigeons and they will
fly on your shoulders and hands, so tame
are they. God has fell those who are before
me with 'the finest of wheat" and yet you
have flown from Him all your lives long;
you have taken your clothes out of His
wardrobe and your bread out of His hands.
Gods spirit will not always strive. In
the morning you have gone out, after Sc
we're night, and seen the birds dead on the
snow; so, after awhile, Gods mercy will
cease, and the earth will be covered with
the bodies of those who persisted in the
storm. That storm is coming; it will shiv-
er the mast of pride; it will drive into
the white reefs of death every cargo OF SIM
The cedars of the mountain will split in the
hurricane, and the islands shall be moved
out OF their places, and the continents shall
be rent assunder, and the hemisphere shall
whirl like top in the fury of that day.
The mountains will be blasted and the
beasts, in alright, be pitched from the cliffs
n an avalanche of terror. The dead shall
rush forth from their sepulchres to see
what is the matter, and all those who de-
'pise God shall horribly perish
Now. do you suppose that 1 can stand
here and know that that day is coming
without telling you about it, My last rest
ng place will probably be near yours.
What it, when get up in the resurrection
lay, should see you rushing at me across
The lots OF the cemetery, and hear you cry:
ny uid yOu AOt Jcl ulG Ol UnlSs IL
had not been for your neglect should have
been on the way to glory" / can not pre-
pare myself for such CONSERVATION
Scan you tell me how far it is to hellan
said young man, as, on Sunday, on horse
back, he dashed past good Christian
leacon. At the next turn in the road the
horse threw the scofing rider, and he was
lead. He wanted to know how far it was
10 hell, and found out without the deacon's
telling him.
SO thou art mounted on a swift steed.
whose hoofs strike fire from the pavement
rs he dashes past, and you cry out: ssHow
far is it to ruins" Ianswer: "Near. very
learP'
Perhaps this very day
Thy last accepted time may be;
Oil shouldst thou grieve Him now away
Then hope may never beam on thee.''
Oh that my Lord God would bring you
low to see your sin and to fly from it; and
your duty, and help you do it, so that when
he last great terror of earth shall spread
is two black wings, and clutch with its
bloody talons for thy soul, it can not hurt
hee, for thou art safe in the warm dove
'ote OF Saviour's mercyl
"Come in come ini
Eternal glory shalt thou win."